All market data delayed 20 minutes. A large banner that Park said was flown to North Korea with the leaflets Monday shows the image of Kim Il Sung and calls him “the slaughter of (the Korean) people” and urged North Koreans to rise up against the Kim family’s rule, according to photos distributed by Park.In recent weeks, North Korea has unleashed crude insults against leafleting activists like Park, describing them as “human scum” and “mongrel dogs.” It said it would also take a series of steps to nullify 2018 tension-reduction deals with South Korea. In 2014, North Korean troops opened fire at propaganda balloons flying toward their territory, triggering an exchange of fire that caused no known casualties.Park accused South Korea’s liberal government of sympathizing with North Korea and caving in to its threats. North Korea recently abruptly raised its rhetoric against South Korean civilian leafleting, destroying an empty, Seoul-built liaison office on its territory and pushing to resume its psychological warfare against the South. Local officials in South Korea said they are looking into Park’s account and may ask police to investigate it as a potential safety threat to front-line residents. Gyeonggi province, which governs Paju, earlier issued an administrative order prohibiting activists from entering certain border areas including Paju to fly leaflets to the North.If Park’s leafleting is confirmed, Gyeonggi official Kim Min-yeong said the province will demand police investigate him. Local officials in South Korea said they are looking into Park’s account and may ask police to investigate it as a potential safety threat to front-line residents. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government said Wednesday that it will press charges against two activist groups that have been floating anti-Pyongyang leaflets … A balloon carrying a banner with images of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, the late leader Kim Il Sung, center, and Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of Kim Jong Un, released by Fighters For Free North Korea, is seen in Hongcheon, South Korea, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. The penalty for violations is a year in prison or a maximum 10 million won ($8,200) fine.North Korea does not tolerate outside criticism of its ruling family, who enjoy a strong personality cult built by North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, whose military’s surprise invasion on South Korea triggered a devastating three-year war in June 1950.Park previously said he would push to drop a million leaflets over the border around Thursday, the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War. South Korea called on its northern rival to suspend its plan to send propaganda leaflets across the border. Park, a former North Korean who fled to South Korea, said in a statement that the leafleting is “a struggle for justice for the sake of liberation” of North Koreans. (Yang Ji-woong/Yonhap via AP)Connect with the definitive source for global and local news SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean group launched hundreds of thousands of leaflets by balloon across the border with North Korea overnight, an … All market data delayed 20 minutes. South Korean police have been monitoring activity along the inter-Korean border “around-the-clock” specifically to block any activists and defectors in the South from sending leaflets to the North. He previously said he would push to drop a million leaflets over the border around Thursday, the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inboxThis material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. On Monday, North Korea’s state media said it had manufactured 12 million propaganda leaflets to be floated toward South Korea in what it said would be the largest-ever anti-Seoul leafleting campaign. The penalty for violations is a year in prison and up to a 10 million won ($8,200) fine.The provincial office said in a statement Tuesday it had separately requested police investigate four activists’ groups, including Park’s, for alleged fraud, diversion of official funds and other charges.

Park’s brother, also an activist, last week canceled plans to release bottles filled with dried rice and face masks from a front-line island. A large banner that Park said was flown to North Korea with the leaflets Monday shows an image of Kim Il Sung and accuses him of “the slaughter of (the Korean) people” and urges North Koreans to rise up against the Kim family’s rule, according to photos distributed by Park.At least one of the banners and a balloon with leaflets were found to have landed in Hongcheon, a South Korean town southeast of Paju, not in North Korea, Yonhap news agency reported. It said the four groups have been accused of exploiting leafleting as way to collect donations as a money-making business, rather than a human rights movement.North Korea does not tolerate criticism of its ruling family, who enjoy a strong personality cult built by North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, whose military’s surprise invasion of South Korea in June 1950 triggered a devastating three-year war.Park previously said he would push to drop a million leaflets over the border around Thursday, the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War. While Seoul has sometimes sent police to block activists from leafleting during sensitive times, it had previously resisted North Korea’s calls for a ban, saying the activists were exercising their freedom of speech.Seoul’s recent moves against leafleting have drawn criticism that the government is sacrificing democratic principles to keep alive its push for inter-Korean engagement.

Park, a former North Korean who fled to South Korea, said in a statement that the leafleting is “a struggle for justice for the sake of liberation” of North Koreans. SEOUL, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF -- South Korea on Monday urged North Korea to scrap a plan to launch propaganda leaflets across the border, after the North said it's ready to float 12 million leaflets … Thomas Maresca (0)